Entertainment Weekly names Robert Downey, Jr. “Entertainer of the Year”

By
Carissa Smith
 – November 14, 2008

Entertainment Weekly has named its Entertainer of the Year, and it’s Robert Downey, Jr., star of 2008′s Iron Man and Tropic Thunder. Tina Fey landed the #2 spot. Sure, Downey’s comeback from drug addiction is impressive, but can he do a Sarah Palin accent?


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About the Author

Carissa Turner Smith is a compulsive reader, writer, and Irish dancer. She earned her Ph.D. in English at Penn State and currently teaches literature and composition courses there. At age three, she announced that all she wanted to do was “sit at a desk and read and write,” and she has been trying to make good on that promise ever since. Fortunately, she is occasionally distracted from this mission by her husband Stephen and their cheese-obsessed cat. A loyal native of Arkansas, she has always loved the fact that Jesus dwelt in an underappreciated corner of Galilee (see John 1:46).